Restricted to people who all live in the same country? NO, but due to time constraints, efforts will be made to group participants by region.

All ages allowed? Or 18+? All ages, but under 18's should check with their guardians to be sure that their particpation is ok

Swap Organizer himself/herself meets these conditions:- Has fully read the Swap Info Guide: YES- Has successfully completed two swaps as a participant: YES- Is not organizing more than three swaps right now: YES- Will recruit a co-organizer or give all details to a Swap Moderator if this swap has more than 25 participants: limited to 25 people

Swap Organizer will check each participant to make sure they meet these conditions:- Has been a member for at least one month: YES- Has posted at least 15 times: YES- Has completed one swap successfully before signing up for multiple swaps at a time: YES- Is not currently signed up for more than five swaps: YES- Does not have any negative feedback: YES

Details of swap:

This swap is for advent calendars for the holiday season. These can be the traditional Christmas advent calendar, or for an alternate holiday or celebration if desired. Each swapper will send one item, an advent calendar, to their partner.

There are many different styles of advent calendars; some made of paper, some of fabric, some of other materials; some contain small presents or toys while others reveal a picture for each day. You may choose any type of advent calendar, although you should check with your swap partner before sending food items.

Swap packages must be received by your partner by Nov 30 in order for the advent calendars to be put to full use. This swap has a lengthy crafting time and a full month between the ship date and December 1, in the hopes of on-time receipt of packages. Because of the time constraint, there will be relatively little grace period for late sending before I find swap angels and give negative feedback to late swappers. Please consider your schedule carefully and only sign up if you are sure that you can finish your package and ship by Oct 31! There is a looong signup period too allow feedback to clear out and to give you time to think about your schedule and plan ahead. To avoid customs holdups and slow shipping, I will make every effort to pair swappers regionally, especially for southern hemisphere craftsers.

If you want to participate, information to send to organizer:

QUESTIONNAIRE TO ANSWER:Name of swap: Advent Calendar SwapCraftster username:Email address:Your real name:Mailing address:Would you be willing to ship to an address outside of the US?What holiday would you like a calendar for?Is there anything you would like your partner to know about this holiday and how you celebrate it?Is there a particular type of calendar that you would like to receive?What are your favorite holiday themes?Any themes to avoid?What types of calendar would you like to craft?Any other pertinent information that we should know?

IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE, REMEMBER TO SEND YOUR INFO TO ORGANIZER VIA PRIVATE MESSAGE AND NOT TO REPLY WITH IT HERE.

Also remember to read the Swap Info Guide to find out how to ship your item and other details about participating in a swap.

AFTER PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP AND BEEN APPROVED, LIST THE PARTICIPANTS HERE AND WHO IS SENDING TO WHOM:

Do you think we could brainstorm a list of tiny little goodies to fit in the little pockets/matchboxes/bottle caps ?

I've been trying to think of this, too! there are so many little trinkets at places like Michael's...fun foam things to small wooden items that could be painted. I also thought of small pieces of paper with something written (almost fortune cookie size/format!). Oops...don't want to give away too much of the surprise...

I have so many ideas for the format (2D vs. 3D), then I've been biting my nails about how I'll mail it (esp if it's a multi-part, 3D creation!). I can't wait to get some quiet time to start really thinking about this one.

What about beads? I mean, you could do an advent bracelet or something, with a lovely, special bead in each little pocket, and a centerpiece in Christmas Eve. Or you could do the traditional; little tiny chocolates. (You can get little tiny chocolate molds at the craft stores, and a melted hershey's or hershey's dark would be easy.) Or you could do like a Borrowers theme (I'm more into the books than the movie, but yeah...) and do things like little buttons, bits of string, tiny doll clothes, scraps of ribbon... In a matchbook, you could even fit a larger piece of paper, folded up, and put a "page" of a "book" in each day, maybe with a holiday story on it.